The IB Interview Handbook
You got the interview — now convert it. The technical questions at the depth banks actually test, the behavioural traps that sink strong candidates, and the offer-negotiation playbook, from a senior banker who has sat on both sides of the table for over thirty years.
Who This Handbook Is For
This handbook is for candidates who have secured interviews and now have to perform under pressure — at the technical depth, behavioural sharpness and commercial fluency that banks actually assess, not the watered-down version in most guides.
What’s Inside
Ten chapters that take you through the interview the way banks actually run it — the funnel, the three core questions, the technical and behavioural sets, the deal discussion, HireVue, the superday, and the offer. The Priya Sharma case study runs throughout.
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The Interview Funnel — What Actually Happens at Each StageKnow exactly what each stage screens for, so you prepare for the right test at the right time instead of guessing.
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The Three Questions Every Bank Asks — and How to Answer ThemWhy banking, why this firm, and the failure question — answered so they survive senior probing rather than sounding rehearsed.
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Technical Questions — The Accounting and Valuation CoreAccounting and valuation questions at the depth banks actually test, with the answer structures that signal real understanding.
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Behavioural Questions — The STAR Framework and BeyondThe STAR framework and how to stop strong stories collapsing the moment an interviewer follows up.
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The Deal Discussion — Your 90-Second DifferentiatorBuild a 90-second deal pitch that signals you think like a banker, not a student reciting headlines.
- Plus five more: winning the HireVue video interview; surviving the superday and assessment centre; bank-by-bank calibration of what actually varies; turning weak answers into the practitioner sound; and the offer, the negotiation and day one.
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